Chapter 404 It really doesn't look like his style (2 more)
As soon as he heard that Li Zian was coming, Shen Zhonglei could not sit still. He quickly stood up, straightened his official uniform, and prepared to go out to greet him.
Before leaving the house, he left a message to Shi Da: "I'll do my best!"
In any case, although Shi Da was a bit stupid, his intention in doing this was not bad and he did not have any selfish motives.
If Li Zian was blamed, Shen Zhonglei felt that he should say a few good words for him.
Even though the other party was Prince Wang, he did not say hello to Yongzhou Prefecture when he did this. In the end, the flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple cannot be blamed on Shi Da.
What's more important is that Shi Da is considered one of his own, and Shen Zhonglei, as the prefect, has to show himself to the others under his command.
When Shi Da did not make any principled mistakes, if he was only afraid of the prince's identity and refused to say a word for him, who would be able to follow him wholeheartedly in the future?
As Shen Zhonglei walked out quickly, these thoughts were running through his mind.
Shi Da wanted to get up and follow him, but his legs were too weak to control him. After a while, he stood up holding on to the table. When he moved to the door, he found that Shen Zhonglei had already disappeared.
When Shen Zhonglei hurried out, Li Zian had already been welcomed into the main hall and sat down.
"I have met the Crown Prince." Shen Zhonglei hurried up to salute without even taking a breath.
"Master Shen, you don't need to be polite." Li Zian said this, but his expression was not very good. After gesturing for Shen Zhonglei to sit down, he sighed deeply and said, "Master Shen, your Yongzhou Prefecture's head catcher is
It messed up my plan!"
Shen Zhonglei stood up again before he could sit firmly.
"Your Majesty, this matter is actually..."
Shen Zhonglei was just about to explain a few words to Shi Da when he saw Li Zian wave his hand at him to signal him not to speak.
Shi Da happened to rush over at this time and almost collapsed to the ground when he saw this.
Fortunately, Li Zian's attitude towards Shen Zhonglei was quite gentle: "Master Shen, please sit down and listen to me first, okay?"
"Of course, Sir, please speak." Shen Zhonglei was a little flattered and did not dare to sit down casually like usual. Only half of his butt fell on the chair, which was equivalent to sitting on only one-third of the chair.
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"Initially, someone was found purchasing medicinal materials in a place in Huguang, and someone reported it to the palace. After I conducted an investigation, I found that this situation occurred in more than one place.
"I thought there must be something fishy about the matter, so I asked all localities not to act rashly, so as not to alert others. Then I sent someone to contact the Luo family and Mrs. Tong.
"It took a lot of effort to dispel these people's doubts. Once the medicine is all made, we can help them transport their things out. Then we can follow the clues and get to the bottom of it."
When Li Zian said this, he looked at Shen Zhonglei helplessly and said without blinking an eye: "In order to avoid alerting the enemy, I didn't dare to send people to monitor nearby. Who would have thought that such an oversight would lead to your arrest?"
A loophole was taken advantage of.
"This is great. All the arrangements that have been made for so long have been in vain, and all subsequent plans have also been ruined!"
Shi Da knelt down and trembled when he heard it.
Shen Zhonglei finally found an opportunity at this time and opened his mouth to explain to Shi Da: "Master Shi, in this matter, Shi Dashi, the head catcher, really didn't know that this was a trap set by the Master. He only thought that someone in the city was manufacturing a large amount of wound medicine.
That’s why we went to arrest people, it’s him too…”
Li Zian interrupted him and said: "Master Shen, you don't want to say that he is also concerned about official duties and is loyal to his duties, but he just did bad things with good intentions, right?"
Shen Zhonglei had been laying the groundwork for a long time and was about to come up with the final conclusion. Unexpectedly, not only was Li Zian overtaken him, but he also explained his thoughts accurately...
"What the prince said is absolutely true." Shen Zhonglei couldn't figure out what Li Zian was thinking, so he had to go down the slope vaguely.
Li Zian was really helpless.
He stopped Shen Zhonglei several times because he didn't want him to intercede for Shi Da.
Who would have thought that he would still be chatting with me here?
Li Zian had no choice but to wave his hand behind him and signal his subordinates to explain in detail to Shen Zhonglei.
"Lord Shen, you know that the reason why Shi Da was able to learn this clue and come to arrest people before you returned to the city is all because of one person - Qiu Herong!"
As soon as he heard Qiu Herong's name, Shi Da started to tremble all over.
Shen Zhonglei was sitting nearby and could hear the clicking sound of his upper and lower teeth.
Only then did he suddenly realize that he had only listened to Shi Da's side of the story before, and it turned out that there was actually something hidden behind it.
He finally closed his mouth at this time and did not dare to speak casually.
The subordinate continued: "Qiu Herong is a medicine dealer from Yingtian Mansion, and he has been competing with the Luo family for business.
"During his stay in Yongzhou Prefecture, he invited Shi Da out many times, drank and had fun, and gave him valuable gifts many times.
"Later, he was also the one who provided Shi Da with clues that Tong Niangzi Medical Center was re-producing Jinchuang Medicine, and used the excuse of meritorious service to encourage Shi Da to act as soon as possible, which ultimately disrupted all the arrangements and arrangements of the prince."
The more Shen Zhonglei listened, the uglier his face became. When he looked at Shi Da, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, he really wanted to strangle him.
Fortunately, I was still thinking about how to speak for him before.
Shen Zhonglei said with a gloomy face: "It's all because my subordinates don't know people well and employ people poorly, which delayed the prince's important affairs..."
"Master Shen cares about the people. He went out for many days to investigate the drought situation regardless of his own hard work. What's wrong with that?
"Not only is it correct, I think we should call on officials from all over Huguang to learn from Mr. Shen's approach of going deep into the people, caring about the people's worries, and being anxious for the people's urgent needs.
"If all the officials in the world can be like Mr. Shen, why should we in Daqi have to worry about not having enough grain to harvest and not having enough barns?"
Shen Zhonglei was a little excited by the praise, but his mood was a little complicated.
If, as Li Zian said, all officials in Huguang could be notified and commended, this would be a real political achievement.
But Mrs. Shen had said before that she should stay away from Prince Rui's Mansion to avoid being directly labeled as a close ally of Prince Rui's Mansion.
Just when Shen Zhonglei was struggling in his heart, he suddenly heard Li Zian's final sublime closing words and shuddered immediately.
Is this...a bit too much of a boast?
Several of the men standing behind Li Zian were looking at Shen Zhonglei with admiration before, and when they heard what happened next, their eyes couldn't help but reveal shock, confusion and confusion.
You know, Li Zian has never followed the people-friendly approach of Prince Rui.
He took over the palace in a crisis and used some thunderous means to stabilize the situation.
He suddenly praised a magistrate in the fief so highly, but it was really not like his style.